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When I open the door, he springs up on all fours, wiggling his tail Tighteningis psyched when I let him inside my apartment
“House rules: don’t chew the furniture Or les his tail so the two pairs of flats on the floor with intent Right, better safe than sorry I stack the shoes in the closet next to the entrance door, then set Bing free He runs straight toroom, hops on the couch, and barks in excitement
While eating dinner, I keep an eye onofits merits as a tooth sharpener Belly full, I chance a trip to y T-shirt The outfit is uilty pleasure, unattractive as it looks
Another quick trip to the bathroom to brush my dark brown hair and pull it in a bun, then to remove my makeup Not that I wear ht my blue eyes, but I like my face clean when I’m home
The legs of my coffee table are still intact uponNetflix No better way to wind down after a long day than watching one of ets the better ofto scoop out more details about the newest addition to the Bennett family
She answers after several rings
“Hey, Caroline!”
The voice doesn’t belong to Suhtens instantly, but I hope my voice sounds casual when I ask, “Hey, is this a bad tiet more details on your nephew”
Froined, his faht
“It’s a little crazy around here Su to Clara now”
“Okay, I’ll just call her later, or too back to your family”
“Wait, don’t hang up How are you? Haven’t seen you in a while Your toe okay?”
I laugh nervously “It was nothing I was good as new the next day”
We last saw each other at Blake and Clara’s wedding two ne and feeling far too coed him to join me for a traditional Irish dance My parentstaken classes back hoet at weddings At this particular one, I stepped on my own toe, then could barely walk It hurt like hell, but feeling Daniel’s steely arms around reat bonus That’s the problem with Daniel: I don’t trust myself around him, not even after all this time
“Tell Caroline I need those black shoes back nex
t week,” Suround
“I heard everything,” I say “Tell her—”
I stop ain “Actually, would you be the best brother in the world and et the shoes? My schedule is insane next week”
Daniel and I both laugh into the phone Oh yeah, his sisters are relentless about pushing us together every chance they get—and if an opportunity doesn’t present itself, they fabricate one Daniel and I take this in stride, joking about it We’re so far past ahen it co attempts that at this point we’d find it weird if they didn’t try anything
“Should have seen this co,” Daniel says “Caroline, let’s meet up next week since my sister’s schedule is so insane”